Monday: Research papers returned today. In class, complete Individual Proofreading Record for portfolio. Also, analyze one "meaty" paragraph using "A Closer Look." How do your sentences "stack up"?
Paraphrasing: Select 5 direct quotes from your paper and paraphrase them.
Correct errors: Select 5 sentences in which I noted errors. Rewrite correctly.
Begin discussion of Emily Dickinson (text 418).
Monday's Homework: Vocab. Quiz Thursday on Unit 8. Gatsby Quiz chapters 1-2 next Monday (critical reading quiz, not recall!). Unit Test (A Growing Nation) on Friday.
Next major essay? Poetry analysis on 3 of Dickinson's poems. Select one theme that interests you. Be prepared to paraphrase, explicate, and analyze one poem in detail. Then, be prepared to discuss how two other poems also relate to the same theme. Typed, MLA. Due Date: Monday: April 27. Minimum length: 3+ pages. No secondary sources. Must include quoted lines from text of Dickinson's poems.
Read background to Dickinson, text page 418. Work on vocabulary unit 8-G.
Tuesday: Discuss Dickinson's poems in text: "Because I Could Not Stop for Death, He Kindly Stopped for Me," "I Heard a Fly Buzz -- When I Died," "There's a Certain Slant of Light," "My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close," "The Soul Selects Her Own Society."
http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides2/Dickinson.html
Download Overview of Dickinsons Life Blue Sky
Learner.org video on Emily Dickinson: 50 minutes (Absent?: Please schedule a time to makeup video)
Tuesday's Homework: Begin studying the thematic arrangement of poems by Dickinson. Which theme interests you? Which poem do you want to explicate? Which other two do you want to discuss?
Here is the handout of poems by theme: Download Dickinson poems - by themes
Do not print the entire list. Be selective. Find a theme that interests you, select one poem that you understand well, and then look for at least two other poems that you can relate to that theme.
Begin unit test review: Download Unit Test Review
Wednesday: Continue discussion of Dickinson poetry. Compare to Longfellow's "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls," and Holmes's "Old Ironsides."
http://www.legallanguage.com/resources/poems/oldironsides/
Wednesday's Homework: Begin annotating 3 poems of your choice.
Study Vocab. Unit 8 for quiz on Thursday.
Gatsby reading schedule: Chapters 1-2 by Monday for critical reading check (not a recall quiz - analysis).
Thursday: Quiz today on Vocab. 8-G.
Discuss Fireside poets: Download Fireside poets - brief intro with lines
Review for unit test on Friday.
Thursday's Homework: Study for major unit test, "A Growing Nation."
Friday: Unit test today: "A Growing Nation."
Friday's Homework: Finish reading chapters 1-2 of The Great Gatsby for critical reading check on Monday.
Spend some quality time thinking about and working on your poetry analysis.
Here is the scoring guide (rubric) for the essay: Download Literary Analysis Scoring Guide
Here are two handouts that might jumpstart your ideas:
Download Poetry Analysis
Download Writing About Poetry - OWL
Download UNC Handout - Poetry Explication